Question Period Note: Supplementary Estimates (A) 2026-27

What is included in the Supplementary Estimates (A) 2026-27, which present a total of $11.1 billion in incremental budgetary spending for 59 organization?

*The 2026-27 Supplementary Estimates (A) presents $11.1 billion in incremental spending across 59 organizations.
*Key investments include:
*$4 billion to support treaty settlements, mental wellness and substance-use services, the Assisted Living Program, as well as other supports for Indigenous communities,
*$2.3 billion for the Build Communities Strong Fund;
*$837 million to strengthen NATO security partnerships.
*The Supplementary Estimates reflect several initiatives announced in Budget 2025 and the Spring Update, including funding for:
*Canadaʼs arts, culture, heritage, and media sectors
*FIFA World Cup 26™
*Canada’s Trade Diversification Strategy
*Operation AMARNA to support stability in the Middle East

The Supplementary Estimates (A), 2026–27 present a total of $11.1 billion in incremental budgetary spending for 59 organizations.
Voted Expenditures
Voted budgetary spending will increase by $11.1 billion (4.8%) in comparison to the 2026–27 Main Estimates, to a total of $241.6 billion. The new voted spending primarily targets:
• settlement of Indigenous claims (Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, principally $2.7 billion for agricultural claims and $290.5 million relating to past compensation for Whitesand First Nations);
• housing and infrastructure (primarily $2.3 billion for the Build Communities Strong Fund, split among eight organizations);
• transportation (including operating and capital requirements of $736.8 million for the Canadian Air Transportation Security Authority, $210.4 million for Marine Atlantic Inc. and $261.8 million operating requirements for VIA Rail Canada Inc.); and
• defence operations and procurement (Department of National Defence, notably $837.3 million for Operation REASSURANCE and $181.8 million for Armoured Combat Support Vehicles).

Statutory Expenditures
Statutory budgetary expenditures are expected to decrease by $49.6 million, to a total of $272.4 billion. The decrease is largely due to the following forecasts:
• a decrease of $1.5 billion for public debt costs, offset by
• an increase of $492.0 million for elderly benefits;
• an increase of $364.8 million for the Canada Infrastructure Bank; and
• $529.7 million under a new statutory authority for Build Canada Homes, which has the mission to build and finance more affordable homes, while catalysing a new housing industry.

Statutory non-budgetary expenditures are forecast to rise by $170.0 million, for low-cost loans to support affordable and community housing through Build Canada Homes.

Links to Budget 2025
The Supplementary Estimates (A), 2026–27 identify $3.6 billion of voted funding which was announced in the 2025 federal budget, including amounts for:
• Canadaʼs arts, culture, heritage, and media sectors;
• FIFA World Cup 26™;
• Canada’s Trade Diversification Strategy; and
• Operation AMARNA to support stability in the Middle East.

The $3.6 billion of voted funding plus the related amount of $133.3 million for employee benefit plans brings the total new Budget 2025 spending presented in 2026–27 Estimates to $18.4 billion.

Appropriation Bills
In June 2026, the President of the Treasury Board introduced a bill to provide the remaining supply for the 2026–27 Main Estimates and another bill to provide supply for the spending requirements presented in these Supplementary Estimates (A), 2026–27.

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